This paper sets out to examine gender relations in African copper mining, households, and the role of miners' wives in the struggle between African labour and the copper companies in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) during the colonial period. (DÜI-Gbh)

Gender mainstreaming, with its promise of gender transformation, equality and empowerment, has become a central pillar of development discourse, policy and practice. Yet, the implementation of these promises has largely been disappointing. Proposed ‘solutions’ have brought little new to the...